National Republican., 1887-09-02
NEW PUBLICATIONS.


AMERICAN MAGAZINE. September. q
cents; 50 year. New YORK Amer an
Macazine Company l3Ol32Pe arI str II.
Publishers.
Portrait Of Lieut.. G. F. Winter, Governor
Generals Foot Guards, Canada, smiles, Il
grim sort OF xii .you.in.a.minute smile,
servin- as frontisplyce.
"Our New Navy" by Lieut.. w. s.
Hughes, u. s. N shows In interesting
/ manner, with many illustrations, VITA, II
heirg done to produce II. "The Military
System Of Cansdan describes ninutelv all
departments thereof, and furnishes pie.
| lures Of ediIlces "thereunto appertaining"
beside portraits OF chiefs. "a Woman
Who Failed" is an excellent story, evil
| IDENTIFY from real life, with an impOrta.t
moral everywhere through its course.
| "Jewieb Progress In the United States"
| will please our large Hebrew population
and "astonish the natives.n "lluntlng
| Ku Klux," an Alabama true story, intro
duces us into the mysteries OF that dis
| orderly order
Lizzie W. Champney contributes, "A Sin
| Not to be Forgiven Please find for your
| self what the sin is Guessing will be un-
available. And you must admit your pleas
| ute IN the pefusal "ln and Out Of n
| Canoe" sketch OF the Maine coast,
| abounds in novelty. "a Poet and Hts
| Verses" might seem common enough
| alas, too common-but this article on
Richard Realf is quite different matter.
| The account Of the poet is very attractive,
| and the specimens Of his melodious work
are sweet heart-thoughts for enduring love
| and recollection.
"DeDham on the Vaunars" appeals again
! to your curiosity, and you may satisfy IL
rs before suggested. 1t IS worth the trouble
"Some Curious Sea-Words," useful to
learn, follows In the article this occurs ::
"a well.known story is told OF one OF our
Presidents, who visited man-of.war for
the first time. On gi zing down the open
hatch, he is said 10 have exclaimed, why !!
| The things hollow ~ The incident is im
possible for a President, the surprise was
expressed by a Secretary Of the Navy
Who had stuck to his desk and never gone to
1
And 20 became the ruler of our great navcc.
We are proud to repeat, on the indisput
able authority of history, that all our Pres.
idents, with one exception, including the
immortal George, have been, at least,
half eess over" They were magnificent,
but - they were men.
There are continued papers-"Along the
CBribbennn and "Olivia Deiaplaine." The
supplement" embraces charming variety
| ana much Information OF Il vital character.
| Several excellent poems are presented, to
us most pleasing being "The Deserted
Farm" excepting the Tryst," and "In
louisiana
The lofty promises of the american Mag
d=ine have been fully realized. 1t is truly
Amerlca's representative.
HARPER,s MAGAZINE. September. New
York: Harper * Brothers. Publishers.
Awonder Of travel, story, aud illustration
This is only the old expression about Har
Il n,,I th., IA,
ployed during many years to come. Til,
| present fiontispiece is n charming country
scene, picturing Wordsworth's "Rtver Dnd
don" AS for other engraviugs, they
produce "Riding In New York,
The "Buccaneers and Marooners Of The
spanish Main" "Home Rule In the Isle ol
Man." "The South American YANKEE, u
1.-THE Sons OF the Steppe," and the story OF
"Moll and Virgil" while the continued
and to be continued, articles have thel
share Of the beauties, these being "Narka,'
curious with Russian life, "Tony, tht
Maid, :" "Here and There in the South,
"April Hopes" and "Nurse Crumpet Tell
the Story" So perfect a marriage of tex
and pictorial design has not before bee
known. Unnecessary is the statement tina
the editorial division stands remarkable TO
truth, variety, and vigor.
| MAGAZINE OF AMERICAN HISTORY
September. so cents: IS year. New York
Ti3 Broadway. Publishers
The rare value of this magazine is gener
ally known. No article in 1t but OF grea
interest and information, while the illustra
tions, beautifully engraved, form most i'm
porthnt aids to the realization o
the text. or especial grathca
tion to us have been "Genera
James NJ. Varnum, of the Continents
Army" a trusted friend Of Washington
Lafayette, and other Revolutionary heroes
"IIow California was Secured" "Unior
Secession, Abolition, as illustrated in tn
Careers OF Webster, Calhoun, Sumner,
"The Mayas, their Customs, Laws, and Re
ligion," and "Running Antelope's Auto
biography" with copies from original In
dian drawings.
"Minor Topics" and other short articles
contain contributions to history most de
sirable in character. Among them eth
Captured Battle Flags I'm the War Depart
ment," described, will be attractive in on
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